{"id":85838,"date":"2021-05-06T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=85838"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T12:05:16","slug":"14-05-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=85838","title":{"rendered":"Microwaving the White House: Enemies Are Now Sonic Attacking Americans from American Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/images\/gatestone-logo-1000.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17343\/sonic-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microwaving the White House: Enemies Are Now Sonic Attacking Americans from American Soil<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gordon G. Chang<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Unfortunately, neither the Obama nor Trump administrations imposed costs on Cuba or China. With such direct attacks on the U.S. going unpunished, how could American enemies not now be tempted to use their new weapons on American soil?<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If we do nothing, then China or Russia will deploy these devices for large-scale use on the eve of a major military conflict. Imagine microwave weapon trucks on the bluffs overlooking the Pentagon.&#8221; \u2014 Richard Fisher, leading China military expert at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, to Gatestone Institute, May 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Up to now, the CIA and State Department have been especially lax in trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious cases, but no unit in the federal government has made much progress.<\/li>\n<li>Washington&#8230; should know who at least some of the culprits are. The real mystery is why the U.S. still has not done anything to protect its officials and citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/pics\/1363.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Unidentified parties have in recent years been directing sonic attacks on U.S. officials on American soil. The attacks have also occurred in Cuba, China, and Russia. In spring 2018, American diplomats assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China (pictured) suffered brain injuries after being hit with microwaves or something similar. (Image source: iStock)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Unidentified parties have in recent years been directing sonic attacks on U.S. officials on American soil. One such attack even occurred on the grounds of the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We should not be surprised. Failure to impose costs on known sonic attackers \u2014 the Cuban and Chinese regimes \u2014 almost certainly emboldened the perpetrators to think they could harm Americans in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Two attacks, both from American soil, have involved National Security Council officials,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/29\/politics\/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one<\/a>\u00a0on the White House&#8217;s south lawn, the Ellipse, last November and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another<\/a>\u00a0after Thanksgiving in 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The earlier attack involved a White House staffer walking her dog. The pet &#8220;started seizing up,&#8221; and then she too suffered &#8220;a high-pitched ringing in her ears, an intense headache, and a tingling on the side of her face.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As many as 40 U.S. officials have been affected. &#8220;Many reported hearing a loud sound and feeling pressure in their heads, and then experienced dizziness, unsteady gait, and visual disturbances,&#8221;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/all\/havana-syndrome-likely-caused-microwave-energy-government-study-finds-n1250094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC reported<\/a>\u00a0last December. &#8220;Many suffered longstanding, debilitating effects.&#8221; A CIA officer ended up with &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/29\/politics\/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+World%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traumatic brain injury<\/a>.&#8221; Mike Beck, once a National Security Agency counterintelligence official,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/may\/02\/havana-syndrome-nsa-officer-microwave-attacks-since-90s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">developed a rare form of Parkinson&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0as did his colleague working with him while on an assignment overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The attacks have also\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/directed-energy-attack-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occurred<\/a>\u00a0in Cuba, China, and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">U.S. troops in Europe, the Middle East and South America have been\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/troops-directed-energy-attacks-484246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">targeted<\/a>\u00a0as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">There are also unconfirmed reports of similar brain disorders of corporate employees. The disorders were suffered while the employees were in China, even on short-term visits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The National Academy of Sciences this March\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/29\/politics\/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+World%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;directed, pulsed radiofrequency energy&#8221; is the most probable cause of reported symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Some cases involving U.S. officials posted overseas go back decades,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/microwave-weapons-havana-syndrome\/2021\/05\/02\/id\/1019803\/?ns_mail_uid=f9499f75-6002-4e3d-a92a-60873ae4921d&amp;ns_mail_job=DM215481_05022021&amp;s=acs&amp;dkt_nbr=010504lrcqz4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Newsmax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">American officials so far are flummoxed. Incidents of these sorts,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/29\/directed-energy-attack-probe-485086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the words of Politico<\/a>, are &#8220;difficult to track and attribute with confidence due to their nature.&#8221; One reason is that these attacks, attributed to directed-energy devices, &#8220;can be small and portable.&#8221; Moreover, &#8220;symptoms can appear similar to other illnesses.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">All this is true. Nonetheless, American officials have no excuse, as there is virtually no question as to the identity of some of the attackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">American diplomats in late 2016 were sonic-attacked in Cuba&#8217;s capital city, showing symptoms \u2014 vertigo, ringing ears, nausea, memory loss, and other ailments \u2014 similar to those of the more recent cases. The incident is so well known that there is now a phrase for the effects of directed-energy attacks: Havana Syndrome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Or perhaps one should call it the Guangzhou Disease. In spring 2018, American diplomats assigned to the consulate in that southern Chinese city suffered brain injuries after being hit with microwaves or something similar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Beijing denied responsibility, but the Communist Party claims infallibility and runs a near-total surveillance state. How could anyone in China launch directed-energy waves without the authorities knowing about them? The Chinese regime had to be, in some manner, behind the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The same could be said of attacks launched in Cuba&#8217;s repressive state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">China&#8217;s Communist Party has a doctrine of &#8220;unrestricted warfare,&#8221; a phrase that comes from a 1999 book of that name by two Chinese air force colonels,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thriftbooks.com\/a\/qiao-liang\/209767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qiao Liang<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thriftbooks.com\/a\/wang-xiangsui\/209768\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wang Xiangsui<\/a>. These &#8220;peacetime&#8221; directed-energy attacks fit that description.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Unfortunately, neither the Obama nor Trump administrations imposed costs on Cuba or China. With such direct attacks on the U.S. going unpunished, how could American enemies not now be tempted to use their new weapons on American soil?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">At the moment, only individuals have been targeted. What, however, is to stop another escalation? &#8220;If we do nothing,&#8221; Richard Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center told Gatestone, &#8220;then China or Russia will deploy these devices for large-scale use on the eve of a major military conflict.&#8221; Think of the possibilities. &#8220;Imagine microwave weapon trucks on the bluffs overlooking the Pentagon,&#8221; Fisher, a leading China military expert, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Up to now, the CIA and State Department have been especially lax in trying to get to the bottom of the mysterious cases, but no unit in the federal government has made much progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">That must change. Senator Susan Collins\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2105\/02\/sotu.01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on May 2 that the U.S. needs a whole-of-government defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;This pattern of attacking our fellow citizens serving our government appears to be increasing,&#8221; wrote Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warner.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2021\/4\/statement-of-sen-warner-on-cosponsoring-bipartisan-bill-to-reduce-sexual-assault-in-the-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint statement<\/a>\u00a0issued on April 30, referring to &#8220;medically confirmed cases of Traumatic Brain Injury.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The incidents are indeed &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/29\/politics\/us-investigating-mysterious-directed-energy-attack-white-house\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_world+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+World%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puzzling<\/a>&#8221; as CNN correctly termed them at the end of last month, but Washington, as described above, should know who at least some of the culprits are. The real mystery is why the U.S. still has not done anything to protect its officials and citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i><strong>Gordon G. Chang<\/strong> is the author of<\/i>\u00a0The Coming Collapse of China,\u00a0<i>a Gatestone Institute distinguished senior fellow, and a member of its Advisory Board.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microwaving the White House: Enemies Are Now Sonic Attacking Americans from American Soil Gordon G. 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